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CHAP. 46.— An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes,” approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight. August 22, 1911.[[H. R. 13367](/us/bill/62/hr/13367).][[Public, No. 45](/us/pl/62/45).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Bureau of Engraving and Printing, D.
C.Limit of cost of new building increased.Vol. 35, p. 319, amended.Construction, etc.*Post*, p. 869. That the limit of cost of the fireproof building including the cost of acquiring a site therefor and authority to contract for the same, authorized in the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight, for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in the city of Washington District of Columbia is hereby increased in the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and said building shall be constructed with a facing of limestone, provided that the interior courts of said building may be open at one end.
Approved, August 22, 1911. RESOLUTION. No. 1: Making appropriations for the payment of certain expenses incident to the first session of the Sixty-second Congress. Public Resolution 1 37 Stat. 35 1911-05-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 1 public [No. 1.] Joint Resolution Making appropriations for the payment of certain expenses incident to the first session of the Sixty-second Congress.
May 8, 1911.[[H. J. Res. 2](/us/bill/62/hjres/2).][[Pub. Res., No. 1](/us/bill/62/pubres/1).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the following sums areLegislative expenses appropriations. hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following purposes: senate.Senate. For compensation of officers, clerks, messengers, and others in thePages. service of the Senate, namely:
Sixteen pages for the Senate Chamber, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day each during the session, from April fourth to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, three thousand five hundred and twenty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, one thousandStationery. dollars. In lieu of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for “compilerCompiler of Navy Yearbook, etc.Use of appropriations for.Vol. 36, pp. 766, 1171. of the Navy Yearbook and indexer for Senate public documents (Pitman Pulsifer)” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, and the amount appropriated for “compiler of Navy Yearbook and indexer for Senate public documents, Pitman Pulsifer,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, there shall be made available so much of the sum of said unexpended balance and appropriation as may be necessary for the payment of salary to the person or persons designated by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate to perform such work of compiling and indexing.
And the unexpendedIndexer of reports, etc.Use of balance for.Vol. 36, p. 891. balance of the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, appropriated for “compiling and indexing reports and hearings when necessary of Senate committees and joint committees of the Senate and House of Representatives under Pitman Pulsifer, indexer,” in the urgent deficiency Act approved December twenty-third, nineteen hundred and ten, shall also be expended for such work of compiling and indexing under the direction of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. house of representatives.House of Representatives.
For stationery for Members and Delegates and Resident Commissioners,Stationery. at one hundred and twenty-five dollars each, for the first session of the Sixty-second Congress, forty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For the following employees during the first session of the Sixty-second Congress, but not longer than until and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, namely: For forty-six pages, including two riding pages, four telephonePages. pages, one press gallery page, and ten pages for duty at the entrances to the Hall of the House, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; seven messengers in the post office, at the rate of one hundred dollars per month each; three telephone operators, at the rate of seventy-3536five dollars per month each; in all, twelve thousand eight hundred and fifty-six dollars and twenty cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Folding.For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar per thousand, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, two thousand dollars. Approved, May 8, 1911. No. 2: Making immediately available the appropriations for mileage of Senators and of Members of the House of Representatives. Public Resolution 2 37 Stat. 36 1911-05-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 1 public [No. 2.] Joint Resolution Making immediately available the appropriations for mileage of Senators and of Members of the House of Representatives. May 8, 1911.[[H. J. Res. 3](/us/bill/62/hjres/3).][[Pub. Res., No. 2](/us/bill/62/pubres/2).] *Resolvedly the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Mileage appropriations for Senators and Members made available.Vol. 36, pp. 1170, 1176. That the appropriations for mileage of Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, and Delegates from the Territories, and expenses of Resident Commissioners, made in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, be, and the same are hereby, made immediately available and authorized to be paid to Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates from the Territories, and Resident Commissioners for attendance on the first session of the Sixty-second Congress.
Approved, May 8, 1911. No. 3: To grant authority to the American Red Cross to erect temporary structures in Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia. Public Resolution 3 37 Stat. 36 1911-05-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 1 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution To grant authority to the American Red Cross to erect temporary structures in Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia.
May 11, 1911.[[H. J. Res. 38](/us/bill/62/hjres/38).][[Pub. Res., No. 3](/us/bill/62/pubres/3).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * American Red Cross.May erect temporary structures in Potomac Park, D. C. That authority be, and is hereby, given to the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, to grant permission, under such conditions and restrictions as he may deem necessary, to the executive committee of the American Red Cross to erect for exhibition purposes at the meeting of the International Red Cross in nineteen hundred and twelve temporary structures in Potomac Park or other public ground in the city of Washington, on a site to *Proviso*.No expense, etc.be approved by the Chief of Engineers: *Provided,* That the United States shall be put to no extra expense of any kind thereby and that the structures shall be promptly removed by the American Red Cross at the close of the meeting, and the site cleared of all debris and put in as good condition as before the erection of the structures.
Approved, May 11, 1911. No. 4: Making appropriations for certain expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives incident to the first session of the Sixty-second Congress, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 4 37 Stat. 36 1911-08-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 1 public [No. 4.] Joint Resolution Making appropriations for certain expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives incident to the first session of the Sixty-second Congress, and for other purposes.
August 8, 1911.[[H. J. Res. 130](/us/bill/62/hjres/130).][[Pub. Res., No. 4](/us/bill/62/pubres/4).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Legislative expenses appropriations. That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following purposes: SENATE.Senate. Official reporters.Extra services.To reimburse the official reporters of the proceedings and debates of the Senate for expenses incurred during the first session of the Sixty-second Congress, for clerk hire and other extra clerical services, three thousand six hundred and ninety-live dollars. 37 The offices of assistant postmaster and mail carrier, at two thousandOffices abolished. and eighty-eight dollars, and clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars, as provided for in the Act making appropriations for the legislative,Vol. 36, p. 1174. executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, and for other purposes, approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, be, and the same areOffices created. hereby, abolished, and the following offices are hereby created in lieu thereof, to take effect July fourteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, namely:
Chief clerk of the post office, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; and messenger at the card door, at one thousand six hundred dollars. For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding oneFolding. dollar per thousand, two thousand five hundred dollars. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.House of Representatives. For the following employees for the month of July, nineteen hundredSession employees. and eleven, and until the adjournment of the first session of the Sixty-second Congress, namely:
For forty-six pages, including two riding pages, four telephonePages. pages, one press gallery page, and ten pages for duty at the entrances to the Hall of the House, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; Seven messengers in the post office at the rate of one hundred dollarsMessengers in post office. per month each; Three telephone operators, at the rate of seventy-five dollars perTelephone operators. month each; In all, eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding oneFolding. dollar per thousand, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, two thousand dollars. To reimburse the official reporters of debates and the stenographersOfficial reporters, etc.Extra services. to committees of the House of Representatives for moneys actually expended by them for clerical assistance from March fourth to August fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, on account of the first session of the Sixty-second Congress, four hundred dollars each, four thousand dollars.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.Government Printing Office. To enable the Public Printer to pay messengers to CongressionalNight messengers to Congress. Record and work of committees, on night duty during the special session of the present Congress, for extra services rendered, four hundred dollars each, one thousand two hundred dollars. Approved, August 8, 1911. No. 5: To amend certain appropriation Acts approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven. Public Resolution 5 37 Stat. 37 1911-08-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 1 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution To amend certain appropriation Acts approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven. August 14, 1911.[[H. J. Res. 1](/us/bill/62/hjres/1).][[Pub. Res., No. 5](/us/bill/62/pubres/5).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the sundry civil appropriationAppropriation Acts for 1912, amended. Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, is amended as follows:
So much of said Act as appropriates thirty thousand dollars forBattle Mountain Sanitarium, S. Dak.Electric plant, etc., repealed.Vol. 36, p. 1412. an electric lighting plant, including the enlargement of the power house and one new boiler at the Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota, is repealed. The appropriation made in said Act for analyzing and testing ofFuel substances.Amount for tests, etc., reduced.Vol. 36, p. 1419. the coals, lignites, ores, and other mineral fuel substances belonging to or for the use of the United States is reduced from one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars. 38 Mount Rainier Park.Amount reduced.Vol. 36, p, 1421.The appropriation made in said Act for protection and improvement of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, is reduced from five thousand four hundred dollars to five thousand dollars.
University of Idaho.Reimbursement to, repealed.Vol. 36, p. 1308.So much of the general deficiency appropriation Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, as appropriates the sum of five hundred dollars to reimburse the State board of regents of the University of Idaho for the premium paid on an indemnity bond is repealed. Postal service.The Post Office appropriation Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, is amended as follows: Commission on second-class mail matter.Item repealed.Vol. 36, p. 1334.So much of said Act as appropriates the sum of fifty thousand dollars for expenses of or authorizes the appointment of a commission to inquire and report touching the cost to the Government of the transportation of all classes of second-class mail matter is repealed.
Travel to railway postal clerks.Amount reduced.Vol. 36, p. 1336.The appropriation made in said Act for travel allowance to railway postal clerks is reduced from one million seven hundred and fifty dollars to seven hundred and sixty-nine thousand dollars. Vacation to railway postal clerks, etc.Item repealed.Vol. 36, p. 1336.So much of said Act as authorizes the Postmaster General to allow railway postal clerks and the employees of the mail-lock and mailbag repair shops an annual vacation of thirty days with pay is repealed.
Navy.The naval appropriation Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, is amended as follows: Contingent.So much of the paragraph appropriating for “Contingent Navy,” in said Act as reads as follows: " Allowance of partial payments on contracts repealed.Vol. 36, p. 1267.*Ante*, p. 32.“*And provided further,* That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized, in his discretion, to make partial payments from time to time during the progress of the work under existing contracts and all contracts hereafter made under the Navy Department for public purposes, but not in excess of ninety per centum of the value of work already done; and the contracts hereafter made shall provide for such insurance as the Secretary of the Navy may deem sufficient, and for a lien in favor of the Government, which lien is hereby made paramount to all other liens, upon the articles or thing contracted for on account of all payments so made, provided that partial payments shall not be made under such contracts except where stipulated for, and then only in accordance with contract provisions,” is repealed.
" Approved, August 14, 1911. No. 6: For appointment of a member of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Public Resolution 6 37 Stat. 38 1911-08-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 1 public [No. 6.] Joint Resolution For appointment of a member of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
Aug. 19, 1911.[[H. J. Res. 146](/us/bill/62/hjres/146).][[Pub. Res., No. 6](/us/bill/62/pubres/6).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.Appointment of Gen. P. H. Barry on Board of Managers. That General P. H. Barry, of Nebraska, be, and he is hereby, appointed as a member of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers of the United States, to succeed Captain Henry E.
Palmer, deceased, whose term of office would expire April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and sixteen. Approved, August 19, 1911. No. 7: Providing for additional lands for Colorado under the provisions of the Carey Act. Public Resolution 7 37 Stat. 38 1911-08-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 1 public [No. 7.] Joint Resolution Providing for additional lands for Colorado under the provisions of the Carey Act.
Aug. 21, 1911.[[S. J. Res. 34](/us/bill/62/sjres/34).][[Pub. Res., No. 7](/us/bill/62/pubres/7).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Colorado.Additional grant of arid lands to.Vol. 28, p. 422. That an additional one million acres of arid lands within the State of Colorado be made available and subject to the terms of section four of an Act of Congress entitled 39“An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes,” approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and by amendments thereto, and that the State of Colorado be allowed, under the provisions of said Acts, said additional area, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes and under the provisions of said Acts.
Approved, August 21, 1911. No. 8: To admit the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona as States into the Union upon an equal footing with the original States. Public Resolution 8 37 Stat. 39 1911-08-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 1 public [No. 8.] Joint Resolution Providing for additional lands for Colorado under the provisions of the Carey Act.
Aug. 21, 1911.[[S. J. Res. 57](/us/bill/62/sjres/57).][[Pub. Res., No. 8](/us/bill/62/pubres/8).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Territories of NewNew Mexico and Arizona.Conditions for admission as States.Vol. 36, p. 557. Mexico and Arizona are hereby admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original States, in accordance with the terms of an Act entitled “An Act to enable the people of New Mexico to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States; and to enable the people of Arizona to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States” commonly called the enabling Act approved June twentieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
The admission herein provided for shall take effect upon theProclamation to issue if conditions complied with. proclamation of the President of the United States, when the conditions explicitly set forth in this joint resolution shall have been complied with, which proclamation shall issue at the earliest practicable time after the results of the election herein provided for shall have been certified to the President, and also after evidence shall have been submitted to him of the compliance with the terms and conditions of this resolution.
The President is authorized and directed to certify the adoption ofNotice to governors. this resolution to the governor of each Territory as soon as practicable after the adoption hereof, and each of said governors shall issue his proclamation for the holding of the first general election as providedElections. for in the constitution of New Mexico heretofore adopted and the election ordinance numbered two adopted by the constitutional convention of Arizona, respectively, and for the submission to a vote of the electors of said Territories of the amendments of the constitutions of said proposed States, respectively, herein set forth in accordance with the terms and conditions of this joint resolution.
The results ofCertification of results. said elections shall be certified to the President by the governor of each of said Territories; and if the terms and conditions of this joint resolution shall have been complied with, the proclamation shall immediately issue by the President announcing the result of saidAdmission. elections so ascertained, and upon the issuance of said proclamation the proposed State or States so complying shall be deemed admitted by Congress into the Union upon an equal footing with the other States.
Sec. 2. That the admission of New Mexico shall be subject to theNew Mexico.Admission subject to established boundary with Texas.Vol. 36, p. 1454.*Post*, p. 1723. terms and conditions of a joint resolution approved February sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and entitled “Joint resolution reaffirming the boundary line between Texas and the Territory of New Mexico.” Sec. 3. That before the proclamation of the President shall issueAmendment to constitution to be voted upon. announcing the result of said election in New Mexico, and at the same time that the State election aforesaid is held, the electors of New Mexico shall vote upon the following proposed amendment of their State constitution as a condition precedent to the admission of said State, to wit: 40 " Constitution.“Article XIX of the constitution, as adopted by the electors of New Mexico at an election held on the twenty-first day of January, anno Domini nineteen hundred and eleven, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
“‘Article XIX.Article XIX as amended. “‘amendment. “‘Section 1. Amendments.Regulation for pro-posing. Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in either house of the legislature at any regular session thereof; and if a majority of all members elected to each of the two houses voting separately shall vote in favor thereof, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their respective journals with the yeas and nays thereon. Publication of notice.“‘The secretary of state shall cause any such amendment or amendments to be published in at least one newspaper in every county of the State, where a newspaper is published once each week, for four consecutive weeks, in English and Spanish when newspapers in both of said languages are published in such counties, the last publication to be not more than two weeks prior to the election at which time said Election.amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the electors of the State for their approval or rejection; and the said amendment or amendments shall be voted upon at the next regular election held in said State after the adjournment of the legislature proposing such amendment or amendments, or at such special election to be held not less than six months after the adjournment of said legislature, at such Ratification.time as said legislature may by law provide.
If the same be ratified by a majority of the electors voting thereon such amendment or amendments shall become part of this constitution. If two or more amendments are proposed, they shall be so submitted as to enable *Proviso*.Special requirements for sections on elective franchise and education.the electors to vote on each of them separately: *Provided,* That no amendment shall apply to or affect the provisions of sections one and three of Article VII hereof, on elective franchise, and sections eight and ten of Article XII hereof, on education, unless it be proposed by vote of three-fourths of the members elected to each house and be ratified by a vote of the people of this State in an election at which at least three-fourths of the electors voting in the whole State and at least two-thirds of those voting in each county in the State shall vote for such amendment.
“‘Sec. 2. Convention to revise constitution. Whenever, during the first twenty-five years after the adoption of this constitution, the legislature, by a three-fourths vote of the members elected to each house, or, after the expiration of said period of twenty-five years, by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to each house, shall deem it necessary to call a convention to revise or amend this constitution, they shah submit the question of calling such convention to the electors at the next general election, and if a majority of all the electors voting on such question at said election in the State shall vote in favor of calling a convention the legislature shall, at the next session, provide by law for calling the same.
Such convention shall consist of at least as many delegates Ratification by people required.as there are members of the house of representatives. The constitution adopted by such convention shall have no validity until it has been submitted to and ratified by the people. “‘Sec. 3. Restriction on laws to be enacted by direct vote of electors. If this constitution be in any way so amended as .to allow laws to be enacted by direct vote of the electors the laws which may be so enacted shall be only such as might be enacted by the legislature under the provisions of this constitution.
“‘Sec. 4. Amending Article XXI. When the United States shall consent thereto, the legislature, by a majority vote of the members in each house, may submit 41to the people the question of amending any provision of Article XXI of this constitution on compact with the United States to the extent allowed by the Act of Congress permitting the same, and if a majority of the qualified electors who vote upon any such amendment shall vote in favor thereof the said article shall be thereby amended accordingly.
“‘Sec. 5. The provisions of section one of this article shall not beConvention required to change section one. changed, altered, or abrogated in any manner except through a general convention called to revise this constitution as herein provided.’” " Sec. 4. That the probate clerks of the several counties of NewBalloting on submitted amendment. Mexico shall provide separate ballots for the use of the electors at said first State election for the purpose of voting upon said amendment.
Said separate ballots shall be printed on paper of a blue tint, so that they may be readily distinguished from, the white ballots provided for the election of county and State officers. Said separate ballotsProcedure. shall be delivered only to the election officers authorized by law to receive and have the custody of the ballot boxes for use at said election and shall be delivered by them only to the individual voter and only one ballot to each elector at the time he offers to vote at the said general election, and shall have the initials of two election officers of opposite political parties written by them upon the back thereof.
Said separate ballot shall not be marked either for or against the said amendment at the time it is handed to the elector by the election officer, and if the elector desires to vote upon said amendment, the ballot must be marked by the voter, unless he shall request one of the election officers to mark the same for him, in which case such election officer so called upon shall mark said ballot as such voter shall request. Any elector receiving such ballot shall return the same before leaving the polls to one of the election judges, who shall immediately deposit the same in the ballot box whether such ballot be marked or not.
No ballots on said amendment except those so handed to said electors and so initialed shall be deposited in the ballot box or counted or canvassed. Said separate ballots shall have printed thereon the proposed amendment in both the English and the Spanish language. There shall be placed on said ballots two blank squares with dimensions of one-half an inch and opposite one of said squares shall be printed in both the English and the Spanish language the words “For constitutional amendment,” and opposite the other blank square shall be printed in both the English and Spanish language the words “Against constitutional amendment.
” Any elector desiring to vote for said amendment shall mark hisMarking ballots. ballot with a cross in the blank square opposite the words “For constitutional amendment,” or cause the same to be so marked by an election officer as aforesaid, and any elector desiring to vote against said amendment shall mark his ballot with a cross in the blank square opposite the words “Against constitutional amendment,” or cause the same to be so marked by an election officer as aforesaid. Sec. 5.
That said ballots shall be counted and canvassed by saidCanvass of votes. election officers, and the returns of said election upon said amendment shall be made by said election officers direct to the secretary of the Territory of New Mexico at Santa Fe, who, with the governor and chief justice of said Territory, shall constitute a canvassing board; and they, or any two of them, shall meet at said city of Santa Fe on the third Monday after said election and shall canvass the same.
If a majority of the legal votes cast at said election upon said amendmentCertifying result.If favorable. shall be in favor thereof, the said canvassing board shall forthwith certify said result to the governor of the Territory, together with the statement of votes cast upon the question of the ratification or rejection of said amendment; whereupon the governor of saidProclamation by governor. 42Territory shall by proclamation declare the said amendment a part of the constitution of the proposed State of New Mexico, and thereuponIf unfavorable.Original article to remain. the same shall become and be a part of said constitution; but if the same shall fail of such majority, then Article XIX of the constitution of New Mexico as adopted on January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall remain a part of said constitution.
Election subject to laws in force.Except as herein otherwise provided, said election upon this amendment shall be in all respects subject to the election laws of New Mexico now in force. Sec. 6. Constitutional provision in admission Act amended. That the fifth clause of section two of “An Act to enable the people of New Mexico to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States; and to enable the people of Arizona to form a constitution and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States,” approved June twentieth, anno Domini nineteen hundred and ten, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
" “Fifth. Right of suffrage.Vol. 36, p. 559, amended. That said State shall never enact any law restricting or abridging the right of suffrage on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” " Sec. 7. Arizona.Amendment to constitution to be voted upon.*Post*, p. 1728. That before the proclamation of the President shall issue, announcing the result of said election in Arizona, and at the same time that the State election is held, as aforesaid, the electors of Arizona shall vote upon and ratify and adopt the following proposed amendment to their State constitution as a condition precedent to the admission of said State, to wit:
Article to be amended.“Section one of Article VIII of the constitution of the State of Arizona, adopted by the electors of said State at an election held on the ninth day of February, anno Domini nineteen hundred and eleven, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: " “‘Article VIII.—Article VIII as amended. Removal from Office. “‘1. Recall of public officers. recall of public officers. “‘Section 1. Officers, except judicial, subject to recall.Procedure. Every public officer in the State of Arizona, except members of the judiciary, holding an elective office, either by election or appointment, is subject to recall from such office by the qualified electors of the electoral district from which candidates are elected to such office.
Such electoral district may include the whole State. Such number of said electors as shall equal twenty-five per centum of the number of votes cast at the last preceding general election for all of the candidates for the office held by such officer may by petition, which shall be known as a recall petition, demand his recall.’” Balloting on submitted amendment.The ballots to be provided for said first State election shall have printed thereon this proposed amendment and there shall be placed on said ballots two blank squares with dimensions of one-half an inch and opposite one of said squares shall be printed the words “For constitutional amendment” and opposite the other blank square shall be printed the words “Against constitutional amendment.
” Marking ballots.Any elector desiring to vote for said amendment shall place a cross in the blank square opposite the words “For constitutional amendment,” and those desiring to vote against such amendment shall place a cross in the blank square opposite the words “Against constitutionalCanvass of votes. amendment,” and said ballots shall be counted and canvassed by the election officers of said State authorized by law to count and canvass the ballots cast at the election for State officers; and the returns of said election upon said amendment shall be made by said election officers direct to the secretary of the Territory of Arizona at Phoenix, who, with the governor and chief justice of said 43Territory, shall constitute a canvassing board, and they, or any two of them, shall meet at said city of Phoenix on the third Monday after said election and shall canvass the same.
If a majority of the legal votes cast at said election upon said amendment shall be in favor thereof,Certifying result, if favorable. the said canvassing board shall forthwith certify said result to the governor of the Territory, together with the statement of votes cast upon the question of the ratification or rejection of said amendment; whereupon the governor of said Territory shall, by proclamation,Proclamation by governor. declare the said amendment a part of the constitution of the proposed State of Arizona and thereupon the same shall become and be a part of said constitution; and if the said proposed amendment to sectionAdmission denied if amendment not ratified. one of Article VIII of the constitution of Arizona is not adopted and ratified as aforesaid then, and in that case, the Territory of Arizona shall not be admitted into the Union as a State, under the provisions of this Act.
Except as herein otherwise provided said election upon this amendmentElection subject to laws in force. shall be in all respects except as to the educational qualifications of electors subject to the election laws of Arizona now in force. " Approved, August 21, 1911. No. 9: Extending the operation of the Act for the control and regulation of the waters of Niagara River, for the preservation of Niagara Falls, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 9 37 Stat. 43 1911-08-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 1 public [No. 9.] Joint Resolution Extending the operation of the Act for the control and regulation of the waters of Niagara River, for the preservation of Niagara Falls, and for other purposes. August 22, 1911.[[S. J. Res. 3](/us/bill/62/sjres/3).][[Pub. Res., No. 9](/us/bill/62/pubres/9).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the provisions of anNiagara Falls, preservation of.Provisions of Act for, extended.Vol. 34, p. 626.Vol. 35, p. 1169.*Post*, p. 631.
Act entitled “An Act for the control of the waters of Niagara River, for the preservation of Niagara Falls, and for other purposes,” be, and they are hereby, extended and reenacted from June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eleven, being the date of the expiration of the operation of said Act, to March first, nineteen hundred and twelve. Approved, August 22, 1911. No. 10: Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for the use of the Astoria Centennial, to be held at Astoria, Oregon, August tenth to September ninth, nineteen hundred and eleven.
Public Resolution 10 37 Stat. 43 1911-08-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 1 public [No. 10.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for the use of the Astoria Centennial, to be held at Astoria, Oregon, August tenth to September ninth, nineteen hundred and eleven.
August 22, 1911.[[S. J. Res. 31](/us/bill/62/sjres/31).][[Pub. Res., No. 10](/us/bill/62/pubres/10).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of WarAstoria, Oreg.Loan of tents, etc., for centennial celebration. be, and he is hereby, authorized to loan, at his discretion, to the executive committee of the Astoria Centennial, to be held at Astoria, Oregon, August tenth to September ninth, nineteen hundred and eleven, one hundred wall tents and one hundred conical tents, with poles, ridges, and pins for each: *Provided,* That no expense shall be*Provisos*.No expense. caused the United States Government by the delivery and return of said property; the same to be delivered to said committee designated at such time prior to the holding of said centennial as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of War and B.
F. Crawshaw, general secretary of said executive committee: *And provided further,* That the Secretary of War shall, before delivering such property, take from saidIndemnity bond. B. F. Crawshaw a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of said property in good order and condition, and the whole without expense to the United States. Approved, August 22, 1911. No. 11: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make a per capita payment to the enrolled members of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Seminole Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes entitled to share in the funds of said tribes.
Public Resolution 11 37 Stat. 44 1911-08-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 1 public 44 [No. 11.] Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make a per capita payment to the enrolled members of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Seminole Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes entitled to share in the funds of said tribes.
August 22, 1911.[[H. J. Res. 141](/us/bill/62/hjres/141).][[Pub. Res., No. 11](/us/bill/62/pubres/11).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Five Civilized Tribes.Per capita payment from tribal funds to members of. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to make a per capita payment to the enrolled members of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Seminole Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes entitled under existing law to share in the funds of said tribes, or to their lawful heirs, out of any moneys belonging to said tribes in the United States Treasury, or deposited in any bank, or held by any official under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, said payment not to exceed fifty dollars per capita and to be made under *Proviso*.Restriction.such regulations as he may prescribe: *Provided,* That in cases where such members are Indians whose restrictions have not been removed the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion withhold such payment and use the same for their benefit.
Approved, August 22, 1911. No. 12: To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of August, nineteen hundred and eleven, on the day of adjournment of the present session. Public Resolution 12 37 Stat. 44 1911-08-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 1 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of August, nineteen hundred and eleven, on the day of adjournment of the present session.
August 22, 1911.[[H. J. Res. 158](/us/bill/62/hjres/158).][[Pub. Res., No. 12](/us/bill/62/pubres/12).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Congressional officers, etc., to be paid August, 1911, salaries on day of adjournment. That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of August, nineteen hundred and eleven, on the day of adjournment of the present session; and the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized to pay, on the said day, to Members and Delegates their allowance for clerk hire for the said month of August.
Approved, August 22, 1911. PUBLIC ACTS OF THE SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES. *Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fourth day of December, 1911, and was adjourned without day on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of August, 1912.* William Howard Taft, President; James Schoolcraft Sherman, Vice President; Charles Curtis, President of the Senate *pro tempore*, December 5 to 12, 1911;
Augustus O. Bacon, President of the Senate *pro tempore*, January 15 to 17, March 11 and 12, April 8, May 10, 30, and 31, June 1 to 3, June 13 to July 5, August 1 to 10, and from end of session to December 16, 1912; Jacob H. Gallinger, President of the Senate *pro tempore*, February 12, 13, and 14, April 26 and 27, May 7, July 6 to 31, and August 12 to end of session; Frank B. Brandegee, President of the Senate *pro tempore*, March 25 and 26, 1912; Henry Cabot Lodge, President of the Senate *pro tempore*, May 25, 1912;
Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Joshua W. Alexander, Speaker of the House of Representatives *pro tempore*, July 1, 1912.
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